Improvement in end-gates for wagons



- 2Sheet`s--Sheeth CHARLES W. FALLCK.

Improvement in End-Gates for Wagons. No. 126,943. @Fig-f Patented May21,1872.

CHARLES W. FALL-ICKL Improvement inv End-Gates for Wagons.

N0. 126 Q43, Patented May 21,1872.

t NITED STATES CHARLES W. FALLICK, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IIN END-GATES FOR WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,943, dated May 2l,1872.

Beit known that I, CHARLES W. FALLICK,

of Beaver Falls, Beaver county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in End-Gates for Wagons, of which the following is afull description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, inwhichened, readily unfastenin g, and speedily opened, t and Withoutdifficulty altogether removed from the wagon.

H represents the mainportion of the endgates, to the heels of which aresecured suitably the plates L bearingv the hinge-eyes E, which rest uponthe hinge-supports F, that are rmly secured in the side of the wagonbed.The upper hinges are secured by screwplugs a, which being withdrawn thegates may be raised and lifted oft' when not required. The screw-plugsare attached to a chain fastenedA to the side of the wagon-bed toprevent loss. The plates b, d, f, and m are rmly secured upon the mainportions of the gates, as shown. Through the plate b thedownwardlyturned hooks c are fastened, and through the plates d and mthe upwardly-turned hooks c are lixed. To the plates d are pivotedthefastening-bars A having hooks p and q at their ends, and the notches s,near the pivots, adapt ed, as shown, to engage in the hooks o and c tofast-en the gates securely when closed. The

bars are prevented from becoming unhooked by the pinor key t, which isinserted in a hole or slot through the plate m and just above the hook qwhen in place. The pin is fastened to the gate by a chain, D, to preventloss.

These hooks and bars are adapted to secure strength to the Wagon-bed, bytending to prevent the sides from spreading when the wagon is loaded,and also to prevent the gates from being forced open under the samecircumstances.

'Ihe gates are easily and quickly opened by removing the pin t,disengaging the bars A,

`and lirst opening the left-hand gate, and they are as easily andquickly closed by a reverse operation; they may be removed readily alsofrom the wagon-bed by taking out the screwplug a from the hinge.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the pivoted bars A,having hooks p and g, and with or without the notches s, the hooks c andc', the pin or keyt, and the gates H, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the plates L bearing the hinge-eyes E, the hinge-support F attached to the side of the wagon-bed, the screw-plug cfitted to the hinge-eye, and the gates H, all constructed and arrangedsubstantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

3. End-gates for Wagon-beds, consist-ing of the gates H, the bars A, thehooks c and c', the hinge-eyes E, the hinge-supports F, and thescrew-plug a, all constructed, arranged, and applied substantially asand for the purposes set forth. y

CHARLES WM. FALLIGK.

Witnesses:

En. WITTISH, J. H. S'rEvnNsoN.

